[Ancient] Artifacts
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Tărtăria amulet - one of the three tablets The Tărtăria tablets are three tablets , discovered in 1961 by archaeologist Nicolae Vlassa at a Neolithic site in the village of Tărtăria (about 30 km (19 mi) from Alba Iulia ), in Romania . The tablets, dated to around 5300 BC [ 2 ] , bear incised symbols - the Vinča symbols - and have been the subject of considerable controversy among archaeologists , some of whom claim that the symbols represent the earliest known form of writing in the world. In 1961, members of a team led by Nicolae Vlassa, an archaeologist at the National Museum of Transylvanian History , Cluj-Napoca in charge of the site excavations, unearthed three inscribed but unbaked clay tablets , together with 26 clay and stone figurines and a shell bracelet, accompanied by the burnt, broken, and disarticulated bones of an adult male. [ 3 ] Two of the tablets are rectangular and the third is round.
Tărtăria tablets - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ptolemy 's world map, reconstituted from Ptolemy's Geographia (circa 150 ) in the 15th century, indicating "Sinae" ( China ) at the extreme right, beyond the island of "Taprobane" ( Sri Lanka , oversized) and the "Aurea Chersonesus" (Southeast Asian peninsula). The Ptolemy world map is a map of the known world to Western society in the 2nd century CE. It was based on the description contained in Ptolemy 's book Geographia , written c. 150. Although authentic maps have never been found, the Geographia contains thousands of references to various parts of the old world, with coordinates for most, which allowed cartographers to reconstruct Ptolemy's world view when the manuscript was re-discovered around 1300 CE. Perhaps the most significant contribution of Ptolemy and his maps is the first uses of longitudinal and latitudinal lines and the specifying of terrestrial locations by celestial observations.
Ptolemy's world map - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art - Psalter World Map
Psalter World Map, c .1265 Despite its small size, this is one of the ‘great’ medieval world maps. It is probably a copy of the lost map which adorned King Henry III's bedchamber in Westminster Palace from the mid-1230s. The original colours are intact.
Piri Reis map - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Left fragment of the Piri Reis map showing Central and South America shores. In his notes appended to it is written "the map of the western lands drawn by Columbus" [ 1 ] The Piri Reis map is a pre-modern world map compiled in 1513 from military intelligence by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis .
Earliest Known Hebrew Text In Proto-Canaanite Script Discovered In Area Where 'David Slew Goliath'
ScienceDaily (Nov. 3, 2008) — The earliest known Hebrew text written in a Proto-Canaanite script has been discovered by Hebrew University archaeologists in an ancient city in the area where legend has it that David slew Goliath – the earliest Judean city found to date. The 3,000 year old finding is thought to be the most significant archaeological discovery in Israel since the Dead Sea Scrolls – predating them by 1,000 years. The ostracon (pottery shard inscribed with writing in ink) comprises five lines of text divided by black lines and measures 15 x 15 cm. and was found at excavations of a 10th century B.C.E. fortress - the oldest known Judaic city.
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Ankh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The ankh ( / ˈ æ ŋ k / or / ˈ ɑː ŋ k / ; U+2625 ☥ or U+132F9 𓋹), also known as key of life , the key of the Nile or crux ansata (Latin meaning "cross with a handle"), was the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic character that read " eternal life ", a triliteral sign for the consonants ꜥ - n - ḫ . Egyptian gods are often portrayed carrying it by its loop, or bearing one in each hand, arms crossed over their chest. [ edit ] Origin The origin of the symbol remains a mystery to Egyptologists , and no single hypothesis has been widely accepted. One of the earliest suggestions is that of Thomas Inman , first published in 1869: [ 2 ] It is by Egyptologists called the symbol of life.
Ever heard of the Saqqara Bird? Discovered in 1898, it's an Egyptian artifact believed to be about 2,000 years old. Made of sycamore wood, the bird may have been a ceremonial object, a toy, or even some kind of weather vane, but a lack of historical references to the bird means that we may never know exactly what it was intended for. The bird is a fun historical footnote, a minor mystery whose true purpose may never be known, but it doesn't represent anything earth-shattering...or does it? Anything remotely unexplained in archaeology serves as a lightning rod for crackpot theories, and the Saqqara Bird is no exception.
Shooting Down the Saqqara Bird
Los Lunas Decalogue Stone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Los Lunas Decalogue Stone is a large boulder on the side of Hidden Mountain, near Los Lunas, New Mexico , about 35 miles south of Albuquerque , that bears a very regular inscription carved into a flat panel. The stone is also known as the Los Lunas Mystery Stone or Commandment Rock . The inscription is interpreted to be an abridged version of the Decalogue or Ten Commandments in a form of Paleo-Hebrew . A letter group resembling the tetragrammaton YHWH, or "Yahweh," makes four appearances. The stone is controversial in that some claim the inscription is Pre-Columbian , and therefore proof of early Semitic contact with the Americas . The first recorded mention of the stone is in 1933, when professor Frank Hibben , an archaeologist from the University of New Mexico , saw it.
THE AIUD ARTIFACT
1. The aluminium wedge of Aiud (also called the object of Aiud) is a mysterious artifact of uncertain origin in the shape of a wedge, which was found at an archeological site near the Roman town of Aiud, allegedly near by a mammoth skeleton. It is composed of 89% aluminium covered by a thick oxide layer. The thickness of this oxide layer is said to be confirmation that the object is anachronistic, at least three-hundred or four-hundred years old. The aluminium wedge of Aiud is often cited as "proof" that aliens visited earth at earlier times, because aluminium was difficult to produce in quantity before 1825.
